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(g) The findings of the Professional Responsibility Office and the
decisions of the Director General of the National Police with regard to those
who have been found guilty should be made public, even if only in general
terms. The creation of a similar office within the security forces should be
considered;
(h) Since most allegations of Berious human rights violations were
attributed to members of paramilitary groups or death-squads, effective
measures should be taken with a view to investigating the identity and
membership of such groupB and, eventually, dismantling them and bringing those
responsible for serious human rights violations to trial;
(i) The Office of the Procurator for Human Rights should be easily
accessible to all citizens and be provided with the funds necessary for the
effective exercise of its task;
(j) Speedy ratification of the Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of 1984 and of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights would be a meaningful contribution to
the prevention and suppression of torture.
B. Visit to Honduras
1.
Introduction
217. The Special Rapporteur visited Honduras from 25 to 27 September 1989, in
response to an invitation extended to him by the Honduran Government. In
Honduras, the visit waB prepared and organized by the Inter-Agency Committee
on Human Rights of Honduras. During his visit the Special Rapporteur held
discussions with the following officials: Mr. Salomon Jimenez Castro and
Mr. Roberto Perdomo Paredes, respectively President and Vice-President of the
Supreme Court of Justice; Mr. Guillermo Caceres Pineda, Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs; the plenum of the Inter-Agency Committee on Human Rights, and
General Humberto Regalado Hernandez, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,
and members of the general staff.
218. The Special Rapporteur also held discussions with representatives of
the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH), a
non-governmental organization headed by Dr. Ramon Custodio, and with
Mr. Hector Orlando Vasquez, chairman of an organization called the Authentic
Committee of Human Rights in Honduras (COADEH).
219. The Special Rapporteur visited the Central Penitentiary of Tegucigalpa,
where he was briefed by the director and members of his 6taff, and talked
privately with a number of inmates.
220. The Special Rapporteur also visited the offices of the Forensic
Medicine Department of the Supreme Court and was briefed by the director,
Dr. Denis Castro, about the methods of work of the department.
221. The Special Rapporteur wishes to express his sincere appreciation and
gratitude to the Government of Honduras and the Inter-Agency Committee on
Human Rights for the preparation of his visit, and in particular to
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